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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
ALTAR OF ROSES.
The Woman Who Invented the Most Fra
grant of All Volatile Oils.

The story of the building of one of
the tombs here is sufficiently interest
ing TO bear repetition. When only
heir-apparent Jehanjir fell in love with
his mothers attendants named Moor
Jehan and wished TO marry her; but
Akbar married her TO one of his Afghan
followers, with her willing consent. .Je-
hanjir determined to have her, and her
husband was shortly afterward muir
dered by Jehanjir's orders, it was be-
lieVed. For a long time she refused to
become his wife, but finally capitulated
about the time he assembled the throne.
Jehanjir was then a coarse, brutal
drunkard. who delighted in tOrturing
those who came under his displeasure.
But Moor Jehan. besides having great
beauty-she was credited with being
the most beautiful and fascinating
woman in the Empire--possessed re-
markable talents and great force Of
character. Her influence over the En-
peror was so great that she made him
less cruel and frequently kept him from
drink. Her influence was always for
good, but she is principally remembered
as the inventor of altar of roses.
Jehanjir raised her to honors which
no Mohammedan woman had ever en-
jOyed. He went so far as to order that
all coins bearing her name should be
considered of a value one hundred
times greater than their actual worth.
Notwithstanding that she must have
known that her first husband was muir
dered at the Emperor's instigation, her
attachment for him toward the end
seemed to know no bounds. He called
her Moor Naha!' Oight of the
World). Jehdnjir had often expressed
a wish to be buried ut Lahore, which
Nocr Jehan complied with. building
the beautiful tomb mentioned above,
and then retiring from the world, VOW
ing to never wear any thing but spot
less white as a token of inconsolablS
widowhood. She lived many years
afterwards and in comparative COM
fort, we may suppose. from the fact
that she had an annuity of over 81 ,O00,-
OO0.-LahOre Cor. baltimore Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
Asour HYPNoTisM.
How Condition Resembling Sleep May he

How a Condition Resembling Sleep May Re
Produced in Patient.
Hypnotism is derived from the Greek
word hypa'os- sleep. An English med
ical practitioner coined the word, we
believe. He wanted something to ex-
press condition resembling sleep. but
which was simply phenomena of the
nervous system.
In explaining his method this doctor
said: For instance, take silver lam
Get case. or other bright object, and
hold it between the fingers of the left
hand, ABOUT a foot from the eyes of the
person experimental on, in such posi-
ton above the forehead as to produce
the greatest strain on the eyes compat-
IDLE with a steady, fixed stare. The
patient must be directed to rivet
his mind on the object at which he is
gazing. His pupil will first contract
then dilate considerably; and. if after
they are well dilated, the first and sec
ond fingers of the operator right hand,
extended little separated, are carried
from the object to the eyes, the eyelids
will most probably close with a vibrat-
DRY motion. After ten or fifteen min
uIeS nave eldpSeu, IL Will DC lOunu IIiitI
the patient retains his arms and legs in
any position in which the operator
places them. 1t will also be found that
the special senses. excepting sight, are
at first extremely exalted, as also are
the muscular sense and the sensibility
of heat and cold; but after a time the
exaltation of function is followed by
state of depression far greater than
the torpor of natural sleep. The pa
tient is now thoroughly hypnotized.
The rigidlty of the muscles and
the profound torpor of the
nervous system may be instantly re-
moved and an opposite condition in
duced by directing currecnt of air
against the muscles which we wish to
render Timber. or the organ which we
wish to excite to action, and then by
mere repose the senses will speedily
gain their original condition. If
current Of air directed against the face
is not sufficient to arouse the patient,
pressure and friction should be APP
piled TO the eyelids and the arm or leg
sharply struck by the open hand. y
A. T. RerUII
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07

The friends of MI. James G. Blaine.
according to a newspaper report, have
lately been canvassing the prospects of
that gentleman for denomination to the
Presidency. Thile the result has been
disappointing it has not been dis
couraging, That is, there is not that
unanimi y. of sentiment in favor Of the
Plumed Knight that was expected.
while the opposition is not so formida.
BILE that it may not be overcome ny
good management.
The newspaper which gives the in-
formation is proverbially inaccurate.
but it doesn't hesitate to give details
for what they are worth. Ohio is for
Sherman, Indiana for some one
else, Illinois indifferent, Pennsyl-
vania non-committal. New Eng
land divided. the South susceptible
and the West willing to be seen. These
suggestions are little indefinite and
for that reason wanting in value, but il
they correctly represent the sentiment
of the locality may be accepted as in
dicating that Mr.. Blaine is really out
of politics.
But the fact that the canvass is IN
progress stands as n contradiction of
Mr.. Blaine that he is not aspiring to
lead the party in another contest. The
tattooed warrior is nothing if not adroit.
and he would not be likely to leopard
ize his future by entering a hopeless
contest for a place he didn't want I'M
der any circumstances. The truth is
~ AZ u. L / = n
made. if it has been made, is
simply the prelude to an active and
energetic campaign which Blaine pro-
poses to enter against Sherman, Haw-
ley, and all the other aspirants for the
Republican nomination. Harrisburg
Patriot.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
State Constitutional Amendments.

hs The Connecticut Democrats are try
ing to get submitted to the people an
amendment to the State constitution
providing that a plurality instead of u
majority of the votes cast shall here.
after be sufficient to elect State officers,
There is little reason to suppose that
the Legislature, which is Republican,
will consent to give the people OF
Connecticut chance to pronounce
against rule which works so bcauti-
fully for the Republican party. The
rotten borough system of Connecticut
insures the Legislature to the RepuB-
iicans, and the requirement of q ma
jority to elect State officers leaves; the
State election to be settled by the Leg
islature- The present Governor and
his predecessor were elected III this
way. 1t is the minority which wins in
Connecticut.
New Hampshire 10 another State
which requires a majority at Stats
elections. Both there and in Connect
icut the rule ought to be changed. and
ought to have been changed long ago.
Probably there is small hope Of the
change, at least in Connecticut, at
present. The rotten borough system
must be smashed before the Republic
ans will gixe-up their advantages.
They are less to be blamed, after all,
than the Republicans of this State.
The Connections Republicans, Eaerely
refuse to alter and modernize the State
constitution. The New. York Repub-
'lieans fatty and persistently refuse to
obey the constitution of New York.
What to them is obedience to the State
constitution compared with keeping
their grip on the Legislatures? What
do they care if Democrats are de-
frauded of their rights? The ,Repub-
lican bank will hang on to the fraudu
lent percentage in its favor.
The people of New York and Co.'S
necticut will sooner or later insist ca
fair play.-M T. Sun.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
THE FLY-TRAP OF MENUS.
4 Pretty Plant which Attracts and Capta-
Yates Every Thing That Approaches 1t.

a Pretty Plant which Attracts and Capt.
Yates Every Thing That Approaches 1t.
One of the best known of these in
sect-eating plants found here. as well
AS in Lapland and Scandinavia, is the
Sun-dew (Drosera), discovered about
century ago. Another plant, the so
called Flytrap of Venus (DiongG) of
America, which was brought to Eng
land one hundred and twenty years
ago, has received the name of Venus
for the reason that, like the Goddess of
Beauty, it attracts and caplvates every
thing that heedlessly approaches it. AT
the bottom of the plant the leaves clus-
ter like rosette; from the center of
this arises the fower-stalk. The edge
of the leaf, which is nearly circular, is
over-grown with strong bristles, while
its surface is covered with small glands,
at either side of which are three long
hairs. A fly approaches; carelessly it
settles on the leaf and perchance it
touches one of the six long hairs: sud-
denly the leaf folds, the bristles inter
lace, and the insect is caught Often
times the whole tragedy takes but ten
seconds. The sensitive hairs have per-
formed their duty; now begins the
work of the glands. These discharge
large quantity of a colorless acid slime
the digestive fluid, pepsin-and
the closed leaf changes at once
into stomachic organ. After lapse
of eight or nine days the leaf reopens,
the insect has disappeared, the prey
has been consumed. The above-men-
toned facts constitute the main features
of the process of digestion, but in con-
nection with it many questions arise.
What happens, for instance, if nom
edible object irritate the hairs, perhaps
n stone or a piece of wood? The leaf
closes with the greatest possible swift
ness, but soon discovers its mistake,
and does not discharge the digestive
juice; after alapse of twenty-four hours
it again unfolds, ready for another
capture. This does away with the
marks of distinction thus far generally
accepted, namely, that plants live,
animals live and feel" (plants UtUunt,
aninlalia riUunt ct SentiunD. for the
Dion@a distinguishes quite readily, by
taste and feeling, that which is digest
IDLE from that which is not. By expert
ment, it has been ascertained that nitro
genous nourishment is preferred by the
Dionaa; hence every kind of meat
(beef, pork and veal, either raw, fried
or stewed) is digested by the plant;
also albumen and cheese; the latter,
however, causes disturbances during
digestion. and the leaf easily ails.-Dr.
PtuhI, IN, Popular Science Monthly.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07

Governor Lounsbury. of Connecn-
cut, has specified that no member q
his staff shall~use Intoxicating liquors
California boasts of boy type-set-
ter, twelve years old, who can set four
thousand ems of solid BREWER in less
than four hours
The cornerstone of the pedestal for
the colossal statue of John G. Calhoun,
which has recently been put Up at
Charleston, S. c., was laid thirty-hVP
years ago.
"A New England writer says it is
popular error to suppose that all minis
ters' sons are hung or sent to State
prison, and he furnishes list of fortys
three who are respectable and law-abid-
ing men.
-"Out of seventeen bachelors at
Keystone, d. T., who three years ago
resolved never to marry, eleven are
now married and two are soon to be-"
Some women have moved into the
country since.
Miss Julia Malcolm, of New Haven,
paid twenty-five dollars for some land
in Colorado ten years. ago. and the
other day sold the same for $3.50, 900.
The development of lead mine was
what jumped the price.
General Lew Wallace, author of
that notable book, Ben Hur," speaks
of the Turks as ga very remarkable
people-never drink liquor or abuse
animals. are polite to women and are
invariably kind to children"
Recently at Bethany, Conn,
George Lounsbury, aged seventy-four,
and his wife, aged thirty-seven. died
on the same day and almost at the same
instant. They were both taken i'll just
a week before their death. Mr.. Louns-
bury died of a paralytic stroke and his
wife of typhoid pneumOnia.-Hdrtford
Post.
Nathaniel Hucker, who works the
State Associated Press wire in Buffalo,
is the oldest telegraph operator in ac-'
tual service in the country. He has
been at the key for forty-one years.
Six words n minute was the limit in
those days, and an operator receiving
by sound was discharged.-BufaIO
Courier.
wv men Dickens lanned IN boston. 9
says DR.. Holmes, he was struck with
the brightness of all the objects he saw
buildings. signs and 50 forth. When
landed in Liverpool, every thing
looked very dark, very .dingy. very
massive in the streets L drove through.
So in London, but in week it all
seemed natural enough"
A visitor to Havana says he failed
to discover the boosted beauty of the
Cuban women, of which so much is
heard. They all have large. handsome,
melancholy dark eyes. but their COM
plexion is hidden beneath a thick plaster
of powder. There seem to be no hand
some old ladies. Cuban beauty does
not last long.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

-"Now, while 1 have my taper it,"
remarked Mrs. Forethought, ''I'll just
seal up lot of these envelopes and lay
them where they'll be handy. "-Bosto1
Commonwealth.
-TerGS SJtirtqs says 'there are
plenty of recipes for lobster salad, but
none to prevent its giving you the
nightmare" Yes there is: don't eat it
at NATURALIZATION Globe.
"A precoclous youth, prompted By
an unpleasant recollection of the last
term, says that school teachers are like
dogs. "Thcy lick your hand" This
carries off the palm.-TerGs Stttings..
Belmont boasts of a woman who
''goes out and chops wood with her
husband " 1t is customary to use an
axe, but he may be an unusually sharp
man.-Columbus (GG.) Enqutrer-S,I9a.
Loves Young Dream. Gum
conscious of the flight OF time)-How
bright and shimmering the Evening
Star appears tonight, dear George!
Would it were. George Quietly
My love, that is the Morning Star.
An exchange says that so many
fur rugs lying about the house are un
healthy We had always supposed that
they were quite rugged. However, ii
they are ''unhealthy," why not call il
the doctor and have them prescribed :
for Immediately?
According to a morning contem-
porary, -four horses, an express wagon
and large number of chickens per-
ished in the flames last night. The.
heart-rending cries of the express
wagon must have brought tears to the
eyes of everybody.-Puck's -4ranuGI.
He (to Pittsburgh heiress) DO
you know Miss Wandergrift. whose
father is reported to be very rich? She
(glass and pig-iron)-O, no, indeed!
The Wandergrifts do not belong to our
set at all! They are 80 new, you know!
Their money comes from natural gas.
Puck.
Leader of Orchestra-All ready
All, what is the matter, Herr Schwein-
furth? Herr Schweinfurth-Dot overs
ture Will have TO Wait. Ohfo dot Teller
vot plays de trum can't geep from
chewin' unit den usin' mine horn for
Won spiddoon, will resign myselluf
from dis pand.-PucE. D..
i heard a good occasional story the
other evening at the dinner of the AS
ISOLATION of Life Underwriters. MI
James Z. Phelps, the newly-electea
President, related that his small son
said TO him at breakfast: Papa, what
makes you SO solemn? What is the
matter?" s.Oh," was the answer. 81
have got to engineer that underwriters
dinner tonight. and it bothegs me-"
Papa" inquired the infant with the
terrible seriousness peculiar to Ais age,
''what does the engineer of a dinner
do; does he turn on the cranksa"-
Boston Cor. ITovide- !cc Journal
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
NOT A NEW FOLLY.
story OF Some Fasters Whose Feats Once
AstOnished the World.

story of Some Fasters Whose Feats Once
AstOnished the World.
The fasting feats of Succi and Mer-
latti had their rivals in the fifteenth
century. An ancient book, by one
Panormita, quotes a faster named
Picentini, or Picenta, who died bias
pheming Christ and the Virgin. This
Antonio tasted for forty days. and filled
Italy. Sicily and Spain with the fame of
his sanctity and abstinence. He was
shut up in Il cell and guarded. 1t was
thought that angels brought him food
and converssd with him every day.
The truth is that he had in his cell some
large candles. These consisted of an
outer coating of wax only, which COW
cred hollow reeds containing farina,
bonillie and mixed hash of pheasant
and capop, seasoned with aromatic eX-
tracts and herbs. He is also said to
have had in his girdle a tube contain
ing hyppocras. ..,
Kneas Sylvis, in his commentaries on
this book, cites 4 woman of Patua who
tasted forty days and nights. He also
cites priest who came to Rome under
Nicholas V. from the remote part of
Gaul, and who was said to have eaten
nothing for four years, except ut rare
intervals, when his Bishop forced him
TO swallow morsal. He stayed for u
long time in Rome and was regarded
as a saint, but was finally beaten with
rods and exiled; since every prodigy is
suspected.
The Canon of Noyon is stated in the
Noyon Chronicles of 1410 to have alb
stained from food for three years. He
dabbled in astrology and alchemy,
scraped skulls of the dead. boiled
lizards and adders and distilled poisons
and made a Liquor to stave off
hunger. He was summoned to Rome
by the predecessor of Nicholas ", Pope
Eugen W, who confided to him the
charge of his kitchen. He reduced the
expenses in that quarter ninety-fve
per cent, but finally the servants
made such an outcry that the Pope had
to send him back to France. He was
an agreeable guest, and talked pleas
antly while others ate at the dinners to
which he was invited, but on his return
home he complained of stomach ache
TO his servant, arising from the smell
of the viands, like the Mussulmans,
who think that they break their fast by
inhaling perfumes. The legend says
that the Canon of Noyon got so thin at
last that there was nothing left of him
but bones and skin, and that he was
blown away one gusty winter evening
and never seen again.-Ne6er Land and
Nicer.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
NEWSPAPER NOTES.

Vice President Ingalls, ought to
have d gavel made from the jay-bene
of the British lion. Harrisburg Pe-
z LMr. Ranaailssagrees with IL.
Sherman that the last Congress was
productiyef of much healthier legisla-
ton than that of any other for years.
He is right, and, thanks to the vetoes
of Mr. Cleveland which were sustained
by Congress, the death rate Of bad bills
wasgy eorrespondingly high { 1scago
Net0s.
by all means buy a gchestnut bel
FOR the perpetual use of the Senate and
pay for it out of the Senate's contingent
fund. no part Of. which has ever been
devoted to better purpose. For lying
.eulogies, for. sickly metaphors, for
chronic absenteeisnl, for dodging OF
votes, for .humbug bills and hum bug
speeches, for swollen jobs, for simmons
to cold tea, ring out the Senate chest
nut bell clear and high. Hon.
James ingalls, ought to have the ring
fng Of that belf.4M Y. Sun.
The New York Star observes that
out Of 1872 bills vetoed by President
Cleveland during the recent session Of
Congress only two were passed not.
withstanding the objection of the Ex-
ecutiye. And with respect to one OF
these final action twas taken with the
of the President in conse-
quence of later information received
by him. This tribute to the care and
justice with which President Cleveland
considers acts of Congress is . striking
one. DUBUQUE Telegraph. s.
+ Candidate for tho = Presidency
ohm Sherman is about to make tour
of the Southern States, and on the eve
of his, departure he submitted to
interview. Judging by the
it is safe to conclude that he
intends to be something more than . ,
passive candidate this time; something
more than ambitious for a nomination
to seek him. If the signs Of the times
are safe to judge the future by, Sher-
man will be just as enthusiastic i'll his
own behalf as any other man in the
field, Blaine not excepted.-Des Moinss
Req lister.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
ABOUT EARLY RISING.
How This Splendid Habit May BE Acquired
in Few Days.

How This Splendid Habit May BE Acquired
in Few Days.
The proper time to rise is when sleep
ends. Doing should not be allowed.
True sleep is the aggregate of sleeps.
or is a state consisting in the sleeping
or rest of all the several parts of the
organism. Sometimes one and at other
times another part of the body, as a
whole, may be the least fatigued, and
so the first to awake; or the most ex-
hausted, and therefore the most diff
cult to arouse. The secret of good
sleep is, the physiological condition of
rest being established, so to work and
weary the several parts of the organ
ism as to give them a proportionately
equal need of rest at the same moment.
And to wake early and feel ready to
rise, fair and equal start of the sleep
ers should be secured; and the wise
self-manager should not allow drowsy
feeling of Inconsistencies, or weary
senses, or an exhausted muscular sys-
tenn to beguile him into the folly OF
going to sleep again when once he has
been aroused. After few days of self.
discipline, the man who resolves not to
doze; that is, not to allow some sleepy
part of his body TO keep him in bed af
ter his brain has once awakened. wiz
find himself, without knowing why, ar
early riser.-FGrnl and Fireside.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
WORN GARMENTS.
HOW che Economical Housewife Can Make
Them Availabl iR Many Ways.

A thrifty housewife finds many uses
for the best parts of worn or outgrown
garments. Sometimes they can be fitted
up for younger child, OF the best part
OF the calico or Bingham, if not worth
making into dresses, may be used for
apronssor bibs. Worsted dresses often
make over into comfortable ,petticoatS.
if not good enough for making up again
into q dress. A pretty little wrapper
Tor children s morning wear or for sick
days can be made out of Il wooden dress
that has been OutgrOwn, and will afford
solid comfort to the little wearer.
Many mothers like to economic in
these ways, and think more of such
little garments into which they have
woven so many thoughts while con-
irving them, than the brand new dress
cut by pattern out of whole cloth.
Some managing matrons keep large
basket expressly for old garments, cut
ting off the buttons, ripping out the
best pieces. rolling them up and put
ting them into it for further use. The
parts that are too worn or too tender
make good carpet rags, and can be cut
and pieced during the winter evenings
or in the early twilight of the spring
months. Underwear, either cotton OF
wooden. can be made into smaller
undershirts, or wrappers, or stockings.
or even mittens, and the remainder
sewed into strips, dyed in fancy colors,
and used for bright stripe in the new
rag carpet. Even in this age of cheap
goods 1t is best to save ana use what
can be of future service. In large
city worn clothing can be sent to some
of the city charities and used to great
advantage by the needy inmates of
these institutions, but in the country
each family must dispose as best they
can of their worn and outgrown clothes
Detroit Tribune.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-04-07
Pertinent Brevities.
Nicer.
ust out-The spring chicken.
isibly a!fected-A blind man.

Just out-The spring chicken.
Visibly atfected-A blind man.
A gentleman OF polish-A boot-black.
An active member-A circus acrobat
A marked change-Trading for a
branded horse
A stern-wneeler- austere person
age on a bicycle
A parting injunction-"Right down
the middle. barber"
"a soft answer turneth away wrath
Few of Us care to kick fool.
Hard to discourage-the banana peel;
the public has always sat down on it
Detroit Free Press.